#A8AD4E#A8AD4E

#A8AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD4E
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -15.04, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 49.73, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0441 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.119 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4679, 38.7627, 12.9778)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD4E #534EAD

analogous

#AD834E #A8AD4E #79AD4E

triadic

#A8AD4E #4EA8AD #AD4EA8

tetradic

#A8AD4E #4EAD83 #534EAD #AD4E79

square

#A8AD4E #4EAD83 #534EAD #AD4E79

split-complementary

#A8AD4E #4E79AD #834EAD

monochromatic

#565928 #7F833B #A8AD4E #BEC277 #D2D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD4E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD4E	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c583',
    500: '#a8ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad4e;
$custom-light: #c4c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD4E

secondary

#9895C2

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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